The National tribune., 1887-08-25
THE GRAND ARMY,
News From the DepartmCntS---NCW
Posts, ETC.
HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN


MADISON, WIS.,, Aug. 10, l-s1.
II S. Grant Post. of Brook lyn, n y. recently
sent 10 the C0mmandoT-in-Ohief a hnoly exc
cuted lilc-size portrait OF himself elegantly
framed accom- panied by a letter stating mat
IAe present Nss made as q slight expression %
the esteem aud respect entertained ny the
members of that Post FOR The Cou1mandci-ln-
Cniei oi the GAR.
Reports covering June 80 from one-half OF
the departments already received AT National
Headquarters, show gain OF members in GOOD
standing over the same March 81, loo1, OF
6,500. The June reports from Ohio indicate
membership within a few hundred as great as
that oi Pennsylvania the preceding quarter,
March 81, loo7.
Rates 20 st. Louis on any of the Western
road, have fallen to one cent mile each way.
The indications are strong that much greater
cut will follow. and il would not he matter
OF surprise should the reduction become gen.
eral, IN which case il is 10 be feared there VIII
not be rsom enough la 81 Louis TO hold the
thousands la attendance al The Encamplnent
The Commander -n-Chiel is engaged upon
his annual address, but, leaving Madison on
the 29th OF August, lac VIII attend BeunlOn
OF the soldiers of southern Dakota al Noon-
socket, Oak, on the "a of September.
The following circular is probably the last
that vii sue from these Headquarters before
the National EncamPmcut conVenes:
NAuoNAL HEADQUARTERS
GRAND AlsiY OF IHE L;EPUBIIC,
MADISON, WIS. Aug. ~, 1889,
Circular No s.
A. l,rrstoiorc announced. the 2lst National En-
campncnt a. A. a.. Niil be held IA IT. LOUIS Mo-,
sept ~. - anu 80. lasa. ~
iAc ltarale Will uceur on Tuesday, the 25th of
September, at 10 o,clucl, "a. m.
f'ip attendance will Ice 80 large that II has been
determined that g a n men and veterans oi the
late war win sons OF Netor,ns only, shall pariai-
Thr business session OF The Encampmoni viii
convene Ia Exposition Hall on Wednesday morn
ing. sept. -. at 10 O'Clock,
The Executive Committee oi the Nutlonnl tuun-
ci of Adnniri Taion Wlil meet Monday evening
Sei3t 20 az 30, Room 60. the Southern Hotel.
fht National Council Of Administration VIII hold
q meeting On Tuesday al 9 O'Clock y. a., nj Ma
tioua Headquarters.
Nniionni lieadqunrters will leave Madison, Wis,
eat I O'Clock a. Az, sept. g, by special train, VIA
Milwaukee,. over tae Chicago X NORTHWESTERN hall-
road 60 Chicago This train will Ice Transferred
entire 90 the Illinois Central Railroad track ana
will leave Chicago by l. &. n. H. O'Clock a. M,
arriving m ~. Louis al p. nl. the same DAY.
National Headquarters will b. established al Tie
Southern Noicl, al Room No, %, on the evening oi
the 26th Of September
Al railroads have made a rate Of one fare for the
round Trip aud the Central Traffic Association i'is
made rate recently 81 one cent mile 10 and iron
81. lsonis. This last rate may prevail generally.
Excursions al very low rates are arranged "a
Nashville Chattanooga, Atlanta. Springfield, Mo-
Springfield. H., and other places oil interest
Comrades desiring a full program oi the Proceed
iugs of the l.ncami ,ment week giving particulars
concerning excursions, hauqucts etc, in advance
of the meeting, Nl address Gen. ID, j. Grier, LIN
deli Hotel, Chairman General Executive Commit
Zee 81 Louis. Mo., who will gladly furnish II.
LUCIUs FAIRCHuD,
COMMUNICATIVE hief.
Official: +. b. GRAY, Adjutaut- General.